Question

Jarod's house is 17 miles from the soccer field. There are 5,280 feet in a mile.

How many feet from the soccer field is Jarod's house?
>) 88,260 feet
) 42,240 feet
) 88,760 feet
) 89,760 feet
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Answer 1

The answer in feet is

89760feet

Explanation:

Step one

In this problem we are required to convert miles to feet

Step two

Given

1 mile is equivalent to 5,280 feet

17 miles will be equivalent to x feet

By cross multiplication we have

x feet = 17*5280

x feet= 89760feet